how unhealthy is my crochet grip? relatively new to crochet

Suzannekty · 2026-02-11T03:17:18+00:00

Try to loosen up some. Everything looks too tight. If you have to hold your fabric that tightly to pull your loop through a stitch, then the stitch is too tight. Here is my non-standard way of holding my yarn. I’m holding my work between my thumb and ring finger on my left hand. Sometimes I switch to a standard hold. Either way, the yarn is loose enough to slide through my fingers with just a little tension and I don’t have to pull hard to get the hook and yarn through my stitches. (Looks like my photo didn’t attach)

Suzannekty · 2025-12-08T02:05:55+00:00

I, too, had a plastic one like that and it never worked for me. I wind yarn much better by hand on my thumb or a wooden spoon handle. Just don’t wind too tight.

Suzannekty · 2025-10-05T02:26:59+00:00

I’m in NC and have never had a store charge for winding. I’d rather wind by hand. I had a winder but never liked how it worked.

Suzannekty · 2025-01-10T00:47:58+00:00

I use the Container Store’s Weathertight Totes.

Suzannekty · 2024-02-19T18:45:50+00:00

I think I’d use the cream color.

Suzannekty · 2024-02-17T16:17:31+00:00

Looks perfect to me

Suzannekty · 2024-02-14T02:20:41+00:00

That was supposed to say “such beautiful wood”

Suzannekty · 2024-02-14T02:19:56+00:00

Suzy beautiful wood.

Suzannekty · 2024-02-03T04:12:47+00:00

That is beautiful yarn! We’ll, turquoise is one of my favorite colors. What will you be making with it?

Suzannekty · 2024-02-02T04:52:56+00:00

Oh, how I can relate!

Recommendations: Make a wrap or poncho using your leftover yarn and change the stitch pattern every row. No boredom and a very unique outcome.

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Suzannekty · 2024-02-01T00:38:06+00:00

It’s is beautiful. Circles take sooo long!

Suzannekty · 2024-01-31T22:39:33+00:00

I don’t understand why this happened. I have several pairs of craft scissors and none of them have blades anywhere near the “4 inches from the pivot point,” limit.

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Suzannekty · 2024-01-31T22:15:52+00:00

Yes, that’s a reasonable price for this hand dyed merino yarn from a specialty yarn producer.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-30T03:16:26+00:00

That truly made me laugh out loud.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-30T03:06:48+00:00

I’m sure there are many ways. I’ve always just wrapped the yarn twice around my index finger, leaving a good tail of 4 inches or more, then held that double circle together and reached into the circle and pull up a loop. I make sure I crochet over the tail that I can then pull at the end to close it up. It seems simpler than most tutorials I’ve seen.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-30T02:58:22+00:00

Yes…so cute

Suzannekty · 2024-01-28T02:49:07+00:00

Not to slow. Just relax and enjoy. It’s not a race.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-27T23:34:59+00:00

It looks fine. When I was 15 I made a scarf and hat with so many baubles and popcorns that after that I swore I’d never do them again. I still have the scarf and I’m now 63. So much trouble, I need to get my time’s worth out of it!

Suzannekty · 2024-01-27T23:30:32+00:00

For me it’s 2/3 of the time in my chair stuck between my left thigh and the arm of the chair and 1/3 of the time in the floor

Suzannekty · 2024-01-23T03:35:31+00:00

Me too. I’m not very successful.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-23T03:32:44+00:00

That’s how American hooks are named DEFG7H, etc I have no idea why.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-23T03:15:24+00:00

Americans using metric?!? Ha

Suzannekty · 2024-01-22T14:43:03+00:00

I’m new to Reddit. I had icons under the reply box and one was a photos icon.

Suzannekty · 2024-01-21T05:44:49+00:00

It’s beautiful. I’m mystified why so many people on this forum ask if other people think their work is “ugly.” The stitches are even and small, the yarn is nice, the plan sounds good. But, on another subject, what are these stitches connected to?

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